Display device, display method, supply device, supply method, storage medium, and control system for controlling the display of information provided from a supply device

• US 8,208,073 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Issued: 06/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sugiyama, Koichi, Sato, Dai
• Primary Examiner(s): Kostak, Victor
• Application Number:
  US12/344,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20090201423A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,275 Days
• Field of Search: 348/588, 348/565, 348/705, 348/706, 348/734, 348/564, 348/14.07, 348/14.09, 348/14.12, 725/151, 725/153, 725/37, 725/22, 386/353, 386/230, 386/231, 386/234, 710 15- 19, 709/205, 709/248, 709/250
• US Class Current: 348/569
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver

Abstract

A display device includes a display section configured to perform display and provided with a display screen; communicating sections configured to perform communication to receive pieces of content data from supply devices, respectively; and a controller configured to cause the received pieces of content data to be simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen and to control the communicating sections to transmit, to the supply devices. The notification indicates that the pieces of content data are simultaneously displayed on the corresponding areas.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

means for performing display, the means having a display screen;

multiple means for performing communication to receive pieces of content data from supply devices, respectively; and

means for causing the received pieces of content data to be simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen and for controlling the multiple communicating means to transmit, to the supply devices, a command for suspending superimposition of a control representation on video data of the content data.

2. A display method comprising the steps of:

receiving, using multiple means for performing communication, pieces of content data from supply devices, respectively;

simultaneously displaying, on corresponding divided areas of a display screen of displaying means, the pieces of content data received in the receiving step; and

transmitting a command to the supply devices by using the multiple communicating means, the command for suspending superimposition of a control representation on video of the content data.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

receiving, using multiple means for performing communication, pieces of content data from supply devices, respectively;

simultaneously displaying, on corresponding divided areas of a display screen of displaying means, the pieces of content data received in the receiving step; and

transmitting a command to the supply devices by controlling the multiple communicating means, the command for suspending superimposition of a control representation on video data of the content data.

4. A supply device comprising:

means for generating content data;

means for performing communication to transmit the content data;

means for superimposing a control representation on video data of the content data; and

means for controlling the superimposing means to suspend the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of a notification that is transmitted from a display device having a display screen and that indicates that pieces of content data supplied from supply devices are simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen.

5. A supply method comprising the steps of:

generating content data;

performing, using a communicating means, communication to transmit the content data;

superimposing a control representation on video data of the content data; and

performing control for suspending the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of a notification that is transmitted from a display device having a display screen and that indicates that video of pieces of content data supplied from supply devices are simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

generating content data;

performing communication, using means for performing communication, to transmit the content data;

superimposing a control representation on video data of the content data; and

performing control for suspending the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of a notification that is transmitted from a display device having a display screen and that indicates that video of pieces of content data supplied from supply devices are simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen.

7. A control system comprising:

supply devices, each including

means for generating content data,

means for performing communication to transmit the content data, and

means for superimposing a control representation on video data of the content data; and

a display device including

means for performing display, the means having a display screen,

multiple means for performing communication to receive pieces of content data from the supply devices, respectively, and

means for causing the received pieces of content data to be simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen and for controlling the multiple communicating means of the display device to transmit, to the supply devices, a notification indicating that the pieces of content data are simultaneously displayed on the corresponding areas;

wherein each supply device further includes means for controlling the superimposing means to suspend the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of the notification that is transmitted from the display device and that indicates that the pieces of content data are simultaneously displayed on the corresponding areas.

8. A display device comprising:

a display section configured to perform display, the display section having a display screen;

communicating sections configured to perform communication to receive pieces of content data from supply devices, respectively; and

a controller configured to cause the received pieces of content data to be simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen and to control the communicating sections to transmit, to the supply devices, a command for suspending superimposition of a control representation on video data of the content data.

9. A display method comprising the steps of:

receiving, using communicating sections, pieces of content data from supply devices, respectively;

simultaneously displaying, on corresponding divided areas of a display screen of a display section, the pieces of content data received in the receiving step; and

transmitting a command to the supply devices by using the multiple communicating sections, the command for suspending superimposition of a control representation on video data of the content data.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

receiving, using communicating sections, pieces of content data from supply devices, respectively;

simultaneously displaying, on corresponding divided areas of a display screen of a display section, the pieces of content data received in the receiving step; and

transmitting a command to the supply devices by controlling the multiple communicating sections, the command for suspending superimposition of a control representation on video data of the content data.

11. A supply device comprising:

a generator configured to generate content data;

a communicating section configured to perform communication to transmit the content data;

a superimposing section configured to superimpose a control representation on video data of the content data; and

a controller configured to control the superimposing section to suspend the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of a notification that is transmitted from a display device having a display screen and that indicates that pieces of content data supplied from supply devices are simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen.

12. A supply method comprising the steps of:

generating content data;

performing, using a communicating section, communication to transmit the content data;

superimposing a control representation on video data of the content data; and

performing control for suspending the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of a notification that is transmitted from a display device having a display screen and that indicates that video of pieces of content data supplied from supply devices are simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

generating content data;

performing communication, using a communicating section, to transmit the content data;

superimposing a control representation on video data of the content data; and

performing control for suspending the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of a notification that is transmitted from a display device having a display screen and that indicates that video of pieces of content data supplied from supply devices are simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen.

14. A control system comprising:

supply devices, each including

a generator configured to generate content data,

a communicating section configured to perform communication to transmit the content data, and

a superimposing section configured to superimpose a control representation on video data of the content data; and

a display device including

a display section having a display screen,

communicating sections configured to perform communication to receive pieces of content data from the supply devices, respectively, and

a controller configured to cause the received pieces of content data to be simultaneously displayed on corresponding divided areas of the display screen and to control the communicating sections of the display device to transmit, to the supply devices, a notification indicating that the pieces of content data are simultaneously displayed on the corresponding areas;

wherein each supply device further includes a controller configured to control the superimposing section to suspend the superimposition of the control representation, on a basis of the notification that is transmitted from the display device and that indicates that the pieces of content data are simultaneously displayed on the corresponding areas.